By Michael Guerin This could be the season Bolt For Brilliance really makes his mark on the open class scene. Because while the two-time Jewels winner was already an open class force last season trainer-driver Tony Herlihy says he is bigger and stronger heading to his new campaign and that ultimately he would like to take the still four-year-old to Australia in the next six months. Bolt For Brilliance hasn’t raced since a stunning Jewels win and Herlihy is thrilled with how he has come back from his winter break.…
Month: September 2021
Robert feels the magic – all $319,000 of it
Gippsland breeder and trainer, Robert Bean’s first encounter with the greyhound industry came as a young plumber working in outer suburban Melbourne in the 1980s. He was attending a call to replace a hot water service when he was bailed up by the customer’s hound. “I still remember that day in Chirnside Park,” Robert said. “I walked onto the property and came face to face with a greyhound, without a muzzle. I just froze and almost dropped my tools,” Robert said. After completing the job, he started chatting to the…
CEO’s Monthly Update September 2021
It has been another very busy month for greyhound racing in Victoria with exciting new developments and significant progress on a few fronts.
HRNZ Order and Direction – Alert Level 2
“Delta” Alert Level 2 will see some changes to how race meetings are held and what industry participants / licenceholders are allowed to do. The change of Alert Levels will come into effect at 11.59pm (Tuesday 7 September), with the whole of the country south of Auckland going to Alert Level 2. This means that trials and race meetings will go ahead on home courses. So this week, for instance, Rangiora will have trials tomorrow, Cambridge and Wyndham host meetings on Thursday, with Addington on Friday and Methven on Sunday.…
‘Merit’ passes Healesville exam
Aston Geneve was the talk of Healesville after maintaining her undefeated record in last Sunday’s Group 2 Cup heats (350m), but the performance of her litter brother Aston Merit was also, well, full of ‘merit’. A superbly bred son of KC And All and 2015 G1 Hume Cup winner Secret Spell, trained by Jason and Jessica Sharp and family at Avalon, Aston Merit was facing the starter for just the third time when he lined up in the last of six heats. He’d won his first two starts in impressive…
COVID-19 Information from HRNZ
Useful updates and information from HRNZ can be found here to help you through the latest COVID-19 outbreak. September 7HRNZ Order and Direction – Alert Level 2 September 6What Alert level 2 means for racing September 1HRNZ commercial float operators September 1HRNZ Order and Direction – ALERT LEVEL 3 Safe Working Protocols August 31Covid Update: August 31 August 28Alert Level 4 Clarification August 27Extended lockdown rules out racing, for the meantime August 24Clarification around training under Alert Level 4 August 23No racing as Alert Level stays at 4 August 21HRNZ…
Treherne is Grassroots ‘gleaming’
Lara-based trainer Craig Treherne landed five winners – including three Grassroots Western Sprint heats – at Warrnambool on Monday. In a fantastic feat, Treherne’s Grassroots heat winners were Konta ($1.80F) in 25.67sec (Best), Saint Jett ($10.60) in 25.88sec and Gleaming ($6.00) in 26.15sec. A winner of seven races from 55 starts, including two from three at Warrnambool, Konta notched her first victory since Anzac Day at Healesville. Saint Jett secured his fourth win from 44 starts, while Gleaming snared her fifth win from 25 starts – including three of her…
Daily Mail: Zac’s Entity to set Warragul alight
It’s not usual for a greyhound with 1 win from 3 starts to headline a day’s racing but that’s exactly the case with potential staying superstar Zac’s Entity at Warragul on Tuesday night. Zac’s Entity, trained by Kel Greenough, will create enormous interest when he steps up to 680m, courtesy of a sensational 29.25sec debut at Sandown Park and a last start 2nd in the G3 Speed Star (600m) at The Meadows, where he was beaten less than 1L by Collinda Patty. Such is the hype Zac’s Entity has already…
Golden Sixty ‘healthy and happy’ ahead of seasonal return
Trainer Francis Lui indicated his pleasure with Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) as he eyes a seasonal return with Hong Kong’s superstar galloper, plotting further riches at home and abroad with the four-time Group One winner and earner of HK$77.92 million. “He’s healthy and happy, we’re building him up slowly,” Lui said. Targeting the HK$100 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 12 December, Lui is also remaining optimistic of campaigning the six-year-old abroad, highlighting the 2022 G1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) at Tokyo as a possible option. “The target of course…